The effect of environmental regulation on the locational choice of Japanese foreign direct investment

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1399-1409

  Kirkpatrick, Colin ^a   Shimamoto, Kenichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 45949091296     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600794330     Document Type: Article

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